S/V Aphrodite

We departed the U.S. yesterday, 12/16/05, via Key West Flo. We left at sunset and sailed under a beautiful full moon. The winds have been strong and favorable for sailing, with us making good headway despite the adverse Gulf Stream currents. At one point this afternoon Aphrodite clocked a boat speed of 20 kts! The [...]

The site of the Salem Witch Trials
We  spent 3 days in Salem Mass. and had an absolutely terrific
time. We saw all of the historical sites and some of the witch houses. We
poked into and around many many witchcraft stores, bought books on magic or
healing/ depending on which Innis it was, and even had Tarot Card [...]

Cruising the shores of southern New England
We left the hot humid weather of the Chesapeake Bay on 8/30/05, heading
north, into New England waters. There was an immediate sense of relief from
the weather as we sailed offshore. Our first stop was at an island off Long
Island, Block Island which is actually part of Rhode Island. The [...]

Wow, it has been months since I have updated you on the closure of Cloud 9’s
adventures and the beginning of Aphrodite’s. So much has happened since we
returned to the States. I will summarize briefly, if I can.
While we were in Florida with Mom, we snuck a look at the larger Island
Packet to address some of [...]

We set sail at 10 am on Monday and arrived at Block Island, RI in a
freshining breeze of about 30 kts. We blew out the assymetrical spinnaker
from Cloud 9 in aboiut 25 kts of wind. We are safely on a mooring and plan
to stay a few days or untill it becomes crowded. Labor Day is [...]

We purchased a new boat, a catamaran. Her name is Aphrodite, the
goddess of love and passion.
Cloud 9 has once again been rubbed and coddled and is looking better than
when we purchased her 3 years ago. She is listed with and will be sold by
an Island Packet dealer in the Chesapeake Bay. We spent the last [...]

We are anchored in the Chesapeake Bay now. If you are unsure of your geography, Michael has added two cool links on our web site to show you where we are and where we have been. Go to sailingcloud9.com and click on links then click on the win link, which shows you where we are [...]

June 29, 2005
We are finally out of Fl. We stayed much longer than expected, partly because of the weather and partly because we have been looking at “new to us” boats. We started out looking at a larger 1 year old Island Packet because it has all of the comforts and space missing in this [...]